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In article <188cc1INNdmg@network.ucsd.edu> spl@ivem.uucp (Steve Lamont) writes:
>In article <1992Sep4.162243.13230@pacdata.uucp> jimh@pacdata.uucp (Jim Harkins) writes:
>>                                                             ...  It's
>>served the way they do it down in Newport Beach.  A couple of years ago
>>some friends and myself decided going into Mexico was too risky, so we moved
>>our monthly lobster trips from Newport Beach to Newport Annies.
>
>Uh... I thought Newport Beach was up LA way...  Is there another one
>south of the border?

He meant Porto Nuevo (which in Gringo-speak is New Port), which is about ten
miles south of Rosarito Beach on the Rosarito to Ensenada highway.  It used to
be a decent place to go to get cheap Lobster (fried in lard) with rice, beans
and tortillas.  Over the last ten years Porto Nuevo has become incredibly
commercialized, and the prices for lobster not significantly better than here
in the States.  Newport Annies in Pacific Beach does a reasonable immitation
of Porto Nuevo style lobster, at about the same price as the places in Porto
Nuevo.  The one thing Newport Annies doesn't have are the Moby Lobsters (you
know, those $40 a pop ones), which are still a good deal in Porto Nuevo (when
the obnoxious waiters will sell them to you...).

As for Mexican Seafood takeout, I much prefer Fins in Mira Mesa over any
Rubio's (avoid their Carnitas).  Another place worth mentioning is Bahia on
El Cajon Blvd (near Park), their lobster burritos are really good, and they
make decent Carnitas and Carne Asada as well.  Their Shrimp burritos are very
variable, from very good to very bad (heavy Iodine taste).

Mike Christensen